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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 30 · 1982Reserved (ST)

Sultan's Battery

Winner — 1982

K. K. RAMCHANDRAN
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
INC 48.4%CPM 43.5%5 others 8.2%
Votes
31,858
48.4% share
Winning margin
3,235
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.6%
of 1,00,393

A closely fought contest. K. K. RAMCHANDRAN won with a 4.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. K. RAMCHANDRAN
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
31,85848.4%
2
P. V. VARGHESE VYDIAR
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
28,62343.5%
3
P. C. MOHANAN MASTER
4,5676.9%
4
DEVAN PODIYAN
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
2580.4%
5
GANAPATHYVATTOM SOMASEKHARAN
IND
2420.4%
6
P. T. GEORGE
IND
2400.4%
7
K. J. CHACKO
IND
830.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 1.1% · max 44.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
1st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
86th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.4%CPM 43.5%BJP 6.9%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,86,293
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
1098 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,345 km²
SC population6.5%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%HINDU
Hindu 56.2%Muslim 39.2%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity93.8%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.2%
Clean cooking fuel73.8%
Health insurance61.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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